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The 49ers veterans have been reporting all day, and they’ve taken a look at the practice schedule. And their jaws have dropped.
“Brutal” is how both Justin Smith and Patrick Willis described it.
Smith said the 49ers will do tackling drills.
“I’ve never done tackling drills in the NFL,” Smith said. “It’s back to basics.”
Singletary comes from the Mike Ditka-Buddy Ryan school. The 49ers begin practice Saturday and they do not have a scheduled day off leading up to their first exhibition game, Aug. 14 against the Denver Broncos.
“The first couple of weeks, the first 15 days, those mostly will be padded practices,” Singletary said.
The players seem to have a lot of trust that Singletary knows what he’s doing. As a Hall-of-Fame linebacker, Singletary surely knows how to get players prepared for the regular season. Of course, there are also a lot greater risk of injuries if the 49ers, indeed, do as much hitting in practice as they’ve been led to believe.
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In today’s newspaper, I wrote an article, “Singletary’s way: Preparation before practice.”
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Be sure to follow my live “Tweets” from the practice field. Also, my goal on this blog is to provide updates of every player on the roster every couple days. So if you want to know what’s going on with Dobson Collins, this is the place to come.
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The 49ers filled their 80th spot on the training camp roster with the signing of defensive lineman Babatunde Oshinowo (Stanford). Oshinowo was a sixth-round pick of the Browns in 2006. He’s bounced around a little, as he’s been with the Bears, Eagles and Panthers before joining the 49ers. Oshinowo takes the roster spot that was earmarked for Michael Crabtree. However, Crabtree has yet to sign, so the 49ers added a player at a position where they’re a little short on players.
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